This artist proves not all mermaids are meant to be thin

As an official real-life, plus-size land mermaid, you're slaying the body confidence game. You rock the rainbow hair, you wear the sexiest crop tops, and you let your arms fly free all summer long. In fact, it's pretty damn criminal you haven't been handed a trident and crown as a sign of your true merfolk royalty status.

Despite all of that, there is limited representation of your fabulous mermaid-like body in mainstream pop culture. Where are the mermaids with the pudgy tummies and the curvy clam-shell-clad bodices? All we see are pre-pubescent Ariel types that vanish behind floating pieces of coral. While it's definitely not bad to be a thin mermaid, we just don't see enough body diversity under-da-sea.

Artist and Instagram user @gnightirene is determined to change all that. On her IG page, you can find tile after tile of sexy, #SquishieFishie plus-size mermaids that are totally the artistic representation you've been waiting for.